Tick-borne encephalitis virus infections in Germany. Seasonality and in-year patterns. A retrospective analysis from 2001-2018.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Little is known regarding the changing seasonality of infections with the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and the incidence of the resulting disease over the last two decades. Seasonal patterns have to our knowledge not previously been systematically investigated and are poorly understood. We investigate emerging seasonal changes in clinical aspects like potentially increasing hospitalization during the year, variations in clinical symptoms and disease severity during the season and seasonal dynamics of fatal outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS:TBEV infection became a notifiable disease in Germany in 2001. We used the national reporting dataset spanning from 2001-2018, provided by the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI). There were general epidemiological variables available, including

SUBMITTER: Borde JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6822726 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature